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Message: [QUOTE="Culhwch, post: 2777855, member: 1983"] I'm not sure if it has been noted here (probably has) although I know for sure that it's been mentioned a number of times in the last few months in pre- and post-game threads, but one of the things that I think they need to improve greatly is attacking sets inside the opposition 20. I'd like to see a stat on opportunities versus conversions - I bet the success rate would be pretty low. I always hated the 'take the two' mentality that the Broncos used to have whenever they got a penalty inside the twenty, but now that they've gone away from that to a degree, particularly in the last half of this year, I long for those easy points. When they do take the tap (or get a scrum feed or whatever) with a short field, they always look haphazard, unstructured, and unsure of what the hell to do. The first few tackles are wasted by flat-footed forwards, and late-set options are usually diabolical - if someone hasn't dropped the ball already. They don't work set plays, they don't work for repeat sets - they usually just throw it around till someone ballses it up. And I think that this is as much a coaching issue as a player issue. Maybe after automatically taking the two for so long, the players just don't have any practical experience in what to do in these situations, but they need to start working on drills and set plays to take advantage of them when they come up. Our halves can be great working off the cuff when they have the space, and that's why our long-range attacking game can be so deadly, but when the attack and defense is compressed on the try line the off the cuff stuff just rarely seems to work. [/QUOTE]

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